Tidbits & Nuggets

Tidbits and Nuggets – Narrative Summary

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 2 Comments

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The use of narrative summary in our stories has its purposes.

  • To slow things down for the reader.
  • Provides continuity to the larger story.
  • Work extra time into a scene.
  • A useful way to summarize minor characters rather than develop.

TIP

“Be careful…not to convert all your narrative summary into scenes… The main use of narrative summary is to vary the rhythm and texture of your writing. Scenes are immediate and engaging, but scene after scene without a break can become relentless and exhausting.”

 Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
 Renni Browne & Dave King

 

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Tidbits and Nuggets – Repetition

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 2 Comments

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It’s easy, even as a novice writer to notice those pesky instances of repetition. There’s another type of repetition that causes problems – repetition of effect. Two sentences that convey the same information or two characters that serve the same role are examples.

1 + 1= 1/2

“When you try to accomplish the same effect twice, the weaker attempt is likely to undermine the power of the stronger one.”

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers 
Renni Browne & Dave King

 

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Tidbits and Nuggets – Scenes

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / Leave a comment

  • What Makes a Scene?
  • It takes place in real time.
  • Have settings – specific locations readers can picture.
  • Contain some action – something happens.

“You want to draw your readers into the world you’ve created, make them feel a part of it, make them forget where they are. You can’t do this effectively if you tell your readers about your world secondhand – You have to take them there!”

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
Renni Browne & Dave King

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Tidbits and Nuggets – Editing

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 3 Comments

Editing Tip:

R.U. E

Or, better known by editors as, “Resist the Urge to Explain.”

“It’s best to resist the urge to explain. If the emotion isn’t shown, rewriter the passage so that it is.”

Self-Editing fot Fiction Writers
Renni Browne & Dave King

 

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